Saturday, September 27, 2014

Eleanor Roosevelt National Historic Site

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  The Val-Kill property is an isolated parcel of land on the Roosevelt family estate in Hyde Park where, in1925, a small stone house and a workshop were built specifically to be used by Eleanor Roosevelt and her friends. The house was used as a retreat and the workshop was a base for their experiment in providing winter work for local families through handcrafts such as furniture-making, metalwork and weaving. The experiment was not successful and the workshop became Eleanor’s home where she lived from 1945 until her death in 1962.

  The stone house is a small museum. We were disappointed in the presentation which barely touched on Eleanor Roosevelt’s work for universal human rights. A guided tour is given of the house. The furnishings are original or exact reproductions so that it looks like it did when Eleanor lived there.
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  The museum is accessible except for one room which has a step down. The house tour covers the first level only and is accessible.

  The parking lot has long RV/bus spaces.  A gravel road leads to the house. A shuttle is provided for visitor who have trouble walking but it’s not wheelchair accessible. Val- Kill
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